Marinette was always the best at overthinking, and the worst at calming herself down. When things become overwhelmingly difficult, with all of Paris slowly turning their back on her and the struggles of what's to come, she leans on her partner Chat Noir for support when he shows up on her balcony one fateful night. A night that changed everything for the both of them. With Hawkmoth getting more clever, and no leads on his identity yet, Paris is sick of the years of terror he's wreaked upon them. Marinette has her duties as a hero, a daughter, a friend and a student all piling up to the tipping point. Growing fears of what's to come after graduation is proving to be too much for her. Standing on the edge, will she prevail and overcome? Or lose it all in her desperate attempt to not have her life change? Only time will tell, but unfortunately for her, time is not on her side. RATING: PG13 RANKING: #1 Chat #1 MarinettexAdrien #2 Marichat #1 MLB #1 Ladrien #44 Ship #5 Ladynoir ----- *WARNING: This story is a fanfiction of my favourite MLB ship, Marichat. If you've seen S1 to S4 you will be fine, I will not include any spoilers from S5+. I also have taken my own creative liberties, so if you see something different from the original story, trust me that I did that intentionally. To understand this story, you'll need to know basic MLB lore. All characters are not my own, just my own original story. Some heavy topics are discussed such as: anxiety and depression, with intrusive thoughts pertaining to death. This is not a focal point of the story, but is mentioned here and there. TW's will NOT be on chapters, unless it will be very heavy. Please read at your own discretion, if such issues will harm you then please protect your peace and skip out on this story. Much love!*

When vengeance strikes in the form of a bullet out for the princess's blood, Princess Aleia VonAuclair must flee the heart of her country in order to protect the people she loves and take back the pieces of her soul she'd lost to the girl she once loved like a sister - the same girl who'd turned out to be the one hidden beneath the assassin's mask all along. ♡︎♡︎♡︎ Princess Aleia VonAuclair's twenty-first birthday was set to mark the beginning of a new era; a celebration of a country and their princess reborn after a deathly battle that put an entire nation neck-to-neck with Asrea's infamous serial killer. While Aleia struggles to twine the identities of the girl she'd once played dress up with to the girl history writes down as the heartless slayer of innocents, the rest of the world will forever remember her only as her legacy: Asrea's renowned Harbinger of Death. But when terrors of a sharpshooter and his lethal bullet striking for vengeance erupts the nation into utter chaos, the princess is forced to flee thousands of miles away from her home and the people she holds dear to her heart. Hidden between the shadows of a new city, Aleia is ordered keep her head down and her heart locked tight until they capture the man set out for the princess's blood. No distractions, no attachments, and absolutely no mistakes. If only it were that simple. If only if it weren't for the man whose cold, green eyes seem to pierce straight through her soul and into the buried depths of the secrets tearing her life apart by the seams. The man whose own shadows threaten to unveil hers. ♡♡♡ Completed on 9/3/2024 #1 in YoungAdult 🥇 #1 in TeenRomance 🥇 #2 in HiddenIdentity 🥈